Chapter 2 Test Bank 1) When one systematically studies being or existence one is dealing with the branch of metaphysics called. a. ontology b. agrology c. cosmology d. agronomy Answer: a. ontology 2) The metaphysical position that is concerned with existence and which differentiates between appearance and reality is. a. epistemology b. existentialism c. ontology d. ideology Answer: c. ontology 3) One of the branches of metaphysics is epistemology. Which of the following is its subject matter? a. the study of being or existence b. the study of knowing or knowledge c. the study of living forms d. the study of logic or logical forms Answer: b. the study of knowing or knowledge 4) A person who takes the position called is at pains to explain the phenomena of one domain, e.g., psychology, by using the laws and concepts of another domain, e.g., biology or physics.
a. holism b. reductionism c. phenomenalism d. determinism Answer: b. reductionism 5) A person who takes the position called proposes explaining complex phenomena in terms of more basic, or lower-level, phenomena, e.g., explaining thought with quantum atomic theory. a. holism b. reductionism c. phenomenalism d. determinism Answer: b. reductionism 6) According to the position known as, living beings have properties that cannot be explained through reduction down to elementary parts. a. holism b. transcendentalism c. emergentism d. vitalism Answer: a. holism 7) While one can distinguish between the nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and other systems, to treat any of them in complete isolation would leave the organism and its individual systems no longer viable. In proposing that, I am likely advocating. a. holism b. transcendentalism c. emergentism d. vitalism
Answer: a. holism 8) In ontology, is that which is presented to an observer whereas is the totality of things that are considered to be real and which may be inconsistent with what is presented. a. reality, appearance b. appearance, reality c. phenomenology, actuality d. actuality, phenomenology Answer: b. appearance, reality 9) To some the impression of possessing free will, an example of, is inconsistent with the fact (empirical evidence) that brain mechanisms produce both the action thought to be willed and the idea that one will it, which is an example of. a. reality, appearance b. appearance, reality c. phenomenology, actuality d. actuality, phenomenology Answer: b. appearance, reality 10) The pursuit of truth through the use of reason is called. a. idealism b. logic c. cognitivism d. rationalism Answer: d. rationalism 11) According to the British empiricists, ideas were.
a. innate b. both innate and acquired c. derived from experience d. arrived at by logical deduction Answer: c. derived from experience 12) The believed that sensory experience is the only means whereby knowledge is acquired. a. rationalist b. nativist c. empiricist d. romantic Answer: c. empiricist 13) The epistemological position that maintains that all that is known is based upon experience is which of the following? a. logical positivism b. determinism c. realism d. empiricism Answer: d. empiricism 14) People who advocate propose that the world exists independently of individual people and it can be known. a. realism b. empiricism c. rationalism d. existentialism
Answer: a. realism 15) When a person holds that the objects of experience do not exist independently of mind, i.e., that what is real are my perceptions of an object not the object itself, the person is espousing the position known as. a. anti-realism b. objectivism c. transcendentalism d. empiricism Answer: a. anti-realism 16) According to the view called. There is no objective standard for truth, that what is true varies from group to group and from person to person. a. indeterminism b. determinism c. relativism d. cynicism Answer: c. relativism 17) According to, there is no real, objective world that is the basis of true knowledge. Instead, within science, knowledge is created by the scientists pursuing it. a. rationalism b. constructionism c. relativism d. nihilism Answer: b. constructionism 18) An advocate of takes the position that the possibility of gaining objective knowledge can be doubted, or, at least, not believed.
a. relativism b. speculativism c. skepticism d. incredulism Answer: c. skepticism 19) The epistemological position known as holds that all beliefs can be proven to be wrong. a. skepticism b. cynicism c. relativism d. absolutism Answer: a. skepticism 20) The theoretical position known as maintains the proposition that ideas are the objects of knowledge rather than those things that produce the ideas. It involves a description of experience rather than the thing experienced. a. phenomenology b. representationalism c. isomorphism d. epiphenomenalism Answer: a. phenomenology 21) is the branch of philosophy that has as its concern the ultimate nature of things or first principles. a. foundationism b. ontology c. metaphysics d. existentialism
Answer: c. metaphysics 22) An upholder of believes that the scientific method, and the knowledge obtained thereby, are the only acceptable means of inquiry and the only valid meanings to adhere to are those derived by such means. a. scientism b. empiricism c. verificationism d. experimentationalism Answer: a. scientism 23) According to this proposition ( ), no matter how objective observations are they are initiated by theories. a. theory laden b. constructionism c. theoretical events d. rationalism Answer: a. theory laden 24) Objects in the world organize into categories (groups based on shared properties), like rocks and rivers, because of their inherent characteristics, independent of any human assessment. These would be considered kinds. a. native b. natural c. material d. physical Answer: b. natural 25) Kings and peasants, conservatives and psychopaths, are examples of kinds. They are categories or concepts
that are artificial in that they are produced by the interests and understanding of people and are subject to change. a. hominin b. mental c. human d. anthropomorphic Answer: c. human 26) The tendency of some psychologists to assume that the use of psychological terms like memory by the ancient Greeks are the same as current usage fails to consider how the concept can be affected by the historical context (despite the similar terminology). Those psychologists who assumed consistency between past and current usage were displaying what is called. a. parochialism b. parsimony c. percipience d. presentism Answer: d. presentism 27) A rather magical view held by some early humans was. People who held to this believed that rocks, trees, the wind and rivers, everything, was alive. a. vitalism b. animism c. spiritism d. gnosticism Answer: b. animism 28) When a person treats non-humans (dog or cars for instance) as though they were human or had human attributes (like a car having a personality), they were engaging in a type of thinking known as.
a. vitalism b. homo sapienism c. deism d. anthropomorphism Answer: d. anthropomorphism 29) According to the philosophical belief associated with, all that exists is only what the different sciences study. a. naturalism b. the verification principle c. naïve realism d physicalism Answer: a. naturalism 30) Whether one is a materialist or an idealist one is dealing with what is termed. This is matter or mind, as primary and dependent on nothing their own existence, are considered to be that which underlies all other phenomena. because for a. essentialism b. nativism c. substance d. foundation Answer: c. substance 31) In his theory, Berkeley proposed that all that is experienced in the world beyond the senses as objective is actually of spirit or mind, because it is God s perception, rather than matter (there is no matter). Which of the following applies to this proposition? a. monism b. realism c. obscurantism d. skepticism
Answer: a. monism 32) Any doctrine, regarding the nature of reality and first principles, that proposes that reality is due to two completely opposed, primordial cosmic forces would be an example of which of the following? a. monism b. demonism c. polarism d. dualism Answer: d. dualism 33) If a theory, such as Popper and Eccles proposed, claims that the universe is composed of three substances matter, mind, and culture it would best represent which of the following? a. eclecticism b. pluralism c. pantheism d. transcendentalism Answer: b. pluralism 34) According to Heraclitus, in his concept of, nothing in the universe is static and unchanging, since everything is in the process of undergoing alteration. a. epiphenomebnalism b. becoming c. relativism d. entelechy
Answer: b. becoming 35) According to the Greek concept of, that which is unchanging, permanent and fixed is that which can be known with certainty. a. being b. entelechy c. form d. agnosticism Answer: a. being 36) The proposition that the ultimate reality of the universe must be conceived of in terms of mind or spirit is called. a. structuralism b. idealism c. rationalism d. dualism Answer: b. idealism 37) Which of the following comes closest to being reductionism? a. phenomenology b. determinism c. elementalism d. epiphenomenalism Answer: c. elementalism 38) A person who maintains the view called believes that one can understand complex processes by studying the pieces that they are composed of. a. redundancy b. monism
c. atomism d. elementalism Answer: d. elementalism 39) According to Democritus, all things are composed of tiny parts (the most basic building blocks of the universe) that could not be altered and were indivisible. These he called. a. substance b. element c. atom d. physic Answer: c. atom 40) Mechanism, in psychology, refers to the belief that. a. the universe is a machine b. the behavior of organisms is based upon mechanical laws c. everything is determined by what precedes it d. none of the above Answer: b. the behavior of organisms is based upon mechanical laws 41) According to the doctrine of, an event is completely explainable in terms of that which goes it. before a. objectivism b. rationalism c. empiricism d. determinism
Answer: d. determinism 42) Whereas atomism is reductionistic, except at the level of physics and chemistry, may involve an analysis into constituent parts, parts that exist at the level of what they are parts of and do not involve reduction, for example neurons are elements of the nervous system but both are biological. a. elementalism b. physicalism c. materialism d. categorization Answer: a. elementalism 43) Dr. X has been known to say one thing to one person and another thing to another, e.g., saying to one that science is a falsity and to another that it is the basis of understanding. With each person he presents an argument that is effective for that audience but without believing in truth. Such deceptive argumentation is an example of a strategy. a. solipsist b. skeptic c. sophist d. relativist Answer: c. sophist 44) An advocate of takes the position that the possibility of gaining objective knowledge can be doubted, or, at least, not believed. a. relativism b. speculativism c. skepticism d. incredulism
Answer: c. skepticism 45) Plato argued that there was a problem with the relativist position since the relativist would have to admit the truth of those who contend an opposite viewpoint. This is known as the argument. a. tautological b. self-refutation c. circular d. self-annihilating Answer: b. self-refutation 46) When I close my eyes the world disappears. This causes me to believe that I am the only reality that I can be certain of. Given this, which of the following would I be judged to be engaged in? a. determinism b. idealism c. indeterminism d. solipsism Answer: d. solipsism 47) Some people believe that the only reality that one can be certain of is one's own self. The world cannot be shown to exist. This position is known as. a. determinism b. idealism c. indeterminism d. solipsism
Answer: d. solipsism 48) In Plato s system, are abstract ideas pure, unchanging, timeless and they determine those things that appear in the external world. a. archetypes b. essences c. universals d. forms Answer: d. forms 49) According to Plato s theory of, the ultimate reality (what is really, truly real) is made up of abstract ideas that correspond with the objects of the experienced world which are imperfect manifestations of it. a. archetypes b. universals c. forms d. essences Answer: c. forms 50) Nativists argue that there are phenomena that are present from birth and do not require experience to be obtained. a. universals b. primordial c. foundational d. innate Answer: d. innate 51) The philosophic proposition called holds that there are inborn (present at birth) factors involved in the acquisition of knowledge.
a. empiricism b. nativism c. determinism d. rationalism Answer: b. nativism 52) From the perspective of the skeptics, those who engaged in were people who made claims regarding what must be considered indisputable truth, even though supporting evidence was lacking beyond their certainty of their belief. a. pragmatism b. absolutism c. cynicism d. dogmatism Answer: d. dogmatism 53) An argument against the skeptic was the argument from concept formation. This was the contention that skepticism was based on the fact that the skeptic. a. had to admit the truth of other people s beliefs, even if contrary to their own b. had to admit that ideas are not innate but must develop c. terms referring to knowledge like truth or falsity required knowledge of the meaning of those terms d. disavows the possibility of communication through concepts Answer: c. terms referring to knowledge like truth or falsity required knowledge of the meaning of those terms 54) The skeptic did not trust the validity of the senses. The argument, in challenge, proposed that if one did not trust the senses there would be no reason to act in any way.
a. solipsistic b. sophist c. non-intervention d. inaction Answer: d. inaction 55) To possess is to be self-regulatory and self directing. a. agency b. self-efficacy c. efficacy d. empowerment Answer: a. agency 56) According to people who espouse, regardless of what one does, events will unfold as they were meant to unfold, to happen as they were meant to happen. a. fatalism b. indeterminism c. inevitability theory d. necessitarianiam Answer: a. fatalism 57) According to the doctrine called, fate determines what will happen to one so one should learn to accept what happens with indifference. a. hedonism b. nihilism c. agnosticism d. stoicism
Answer: d. stoicism 58) The belief referred to as holds that God permeates the universe, that God and universe are one and same. the a. atheism b. gnosticism c. hedonism d. pantheism Answer: d. pantheism 59) Pantheism is the belief that. a. God is everywhere and in everything b. God created the universe and then withdrew from it c. human attributes can be characterized as belonging to God d. God is a trinity-in-unity Answer: a. God is everywhere and in everything 60) The proposition that one only has access to other people s behavior and not their inner subjectivity is known as the. a. solipsistic dilemma b. problem of other minds c. behaviorist fallacy d. skeptic fallacy Answer: b. problem of other minds 61) Leontiev made a distinction between a personal attitude toward something and reflection of something independent of any subjective reaction to it. a. meaning, sense
b. meaning, concept c. concept, meaning d. sense, meaning Answer: d. sense, meaning 62) In his attempt to resolve the problem of the subjective differences between people in their interpretations or experiences of the world, Leontiev distinguished between, the reflection of an object independent of subjective reaction to it, and the personal attitude to object or concept, etc. any an a. conception b. meaning c. sense d. reality Answer: b. meaning 63) With the method of testing scientific theory involves making a prediction from a theory and then noting whether the observations made match the prediction. a. Duhem-Quine b. hypothetico-deductive c. deductive-nomothetic d. deductive-nomological Answer: b. hypothetico-deductive 64) realist theories propose that the senses provide impoverished information and are therefore an unreliable basis for the formation of percepts. a. naive b. direct c. ecological d. indirect
Answer: d. indirect 65) According to the hypothesis of realism, the act of perception is due to constructions that are based upon the mental representation of objects. a. direct b. immediate c. indirect d. mediated Answer: c. indirect 66) A person who holds that one cannot know the world, only the world as it is represented in perception advocates which of the following? a. indirect realism b. phenomenalism c. nihilism d. rationalism Answer: a. indirect 67) The theoretical position known as maintains the proposition that ideas are the objects of knowledge rather than those things that produce the ideas. a. phenomenology b. representationalism c. isomorphism d. epiphenomenalism
Answer: b. representationalism 68) According to, the mind does not have access to objects directly and that it is only through ideas in the mind that stand for such things that objects are known. a. symbolic interactionism b. significationism c. representationalism d. mediationalism Answer: c. representationalism 69) A position that is comparable to direct realism is. a. representationalism b. representationism c. presentationism d. none of the above Answer: c. presentationism 68) According to, perception does not depend upon mental inference; it involves the picking up of information that exists in the immediate environment. a. direct inference b. unconscious inference c. direct realism d. unconscious perception Answer: c. direct realism 69) The theory of proposes that the world that is represented in a person's immediate perception is the world as it actually is. a. unconscious inference
b. direct realism c. perceptual relativism d. indirect perception Answer: b. direct realism 70) J. Gibson referred to his direct perception theory as an ecological theory. Which of the following was his reason for the selection of that designation? a. it focused on the neural basis of behavior b. it considered the role of culture in perception c. it emphasized the relationship of the perceptual system with the environment d. it emphasized looking at the perceptual system under natural condition without interfering experimental manipulation Answer: c. it emphasized the relationship of the perceptual system with the environment 71) According to perception theory, one cannot separate the perceptual system from the environment in which it evolved. a. evolutionary b. ecological c. Darwinian d. indirect perception Answer: b. ecological